Katy Perry Flies Through ‘Lifetimes’ of Hits as She Accepts VMA Vanguard Award | Explain ✅

I just want to say with my whole heart do whatever it takes to stay true to yourself and true to your art Perry said as she accepted the moon person that a cotton candy career of hits becomes a futuristic post-apocalyptic dream at Wednesday night's VMAs Katy Perry took the stage to deliver a medley of her greatest hits in her new album 143 as she celebrated receiving the Coveted video Vanguard award. Perry's performance opened with a montage of her greatest videos she kicked off her medley of hits by floating in the middle of a circle as she performed Dark Horse Perry was wearing a futuristic alien-like top as she flew over the crowd and was brought to the ground Perry continued flying around the crowd Landing only for some choreography as she transitioned into a performance of eating nodding at the VMA Space theme then Perry dressed in a skin colored bodice joined doeki to debut I'm his he's mine they new single out Friday as they performed from a top of futuristic clear stage doeki wrapped her catchy verse and twerked alongside Perry before the two came close to sharing a smooch dot where's all might California Girls at Perry continued recreating her 2015 Super Bowl halftime show moment as she asked the crowd to sing it following the classics opening line she continued the hits with a rendition of Teenage Dream as she slid down a platform that displayed the name of her upcoming album 143 after Teenage Dream Perry transitioned into one of the boys I kissed a girl while wearing metallic butterfly wings as she walked onto a secondary stage and backed by a rock band reminiscent of her Warp Tour days the pop star then slowed things down to sing Firework as drone controlled blw butterflies a theme of 143 flew around her Perry then stepped up the speed as she stred through the crowd to sing lifetimes surrounded by her dancers as she held up a giant blue butterfly thank you so much to MTV for believing in my weirdness from day one and for helping artists extend their world's Beyond a song Perry said on stage there are so many things that have to align to have a long and successful career as an artist there are no decad long accidents